The court-rejected clean air rule would have prevented around 34,000 premature deaths a year and provided $280bn in health-related economic benefits.
Australia’s huge coal industry is resting on a speculative bubble that ignores global carbon budgets and exposure to rapid devaluation
We were always going to blow past 400ppm. What matters now is whether humanity can avoid the positive feedback spiral.
Earth’s land, oceans and biosphere are now in extreme danger, but this doesn’t seem to be driving the urgent measures required to arrest current trends.
Chart shows carbon price of $US25 leaves emissions in 2040 one-third lower than current levels, and 40% lower than 2005 levels.
Carbon pricing is still the best tool to address climate change at the scale required. The question is, how can we help it function efficiently.
EUA market ‘finished until further notice’ as carbon prices fall to a record low in response to the rejection of EU ETS reform proposal.
A Bordeaux winery has announced plans to capture CO2 produced during fermentation and convert it into sodium bicarbonate to be used for making toothpaste.
Despite heatwave conditions causing Australia’s electricity demand to buck its dropping trend, coal-fired power and NEM emissions continue their retreat.
Report says US President likely to continue his climate push – particularly in curbing power plant emissions – in his State Of The Union address next week.
EU proposes 40% CO2 cut by 2030, 30% renewables; IMF says $2tn/yr fossil fuel subsidies a ‘major global problem;’ US renewables up, coal, nuclear down.
US researchers have developed a way to transform the CO2 saturating our atmosphere into useful industrial products like chemicals and fuel.
Study confirms ‘hockey stick’: the rate of warming since 1900 Is 50 times greater than the rate of cooling in previous 5000 years.
Lessons from America’s fight to deliver tough new auto pollution standards should serve as a guide to slashing power plant emissions and oil use.
NOAA says atmospheric CO2 underwent one of its biggest single-year jumps ever in 2012, making it more unlikely global warming can be limited to 2C.
Who’s leading Australia’s low-carbon revolution? Crikey has compiled a list of 25 people doing the heavy lifting to transform the economy and cut emissions.
A Stanford University team proposes an aggressive climate strategy in which plants deployed on a massive scale grab carbon out of the atmosphere.
While paying lip service to global warming, the powers that be circumvent the scientific message, allowing and promoting CO2 emissions from fossil fuels.
